Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte signaled an abrupt departure from his nation’s military reliance on the U.S., ordering his defense secretary to seek gear from suppliers in China and Russia to fight drug traffickers and insurgents.

Police and vigilantes have killed about 1,800 people in the Philippines in the seven weeks since President Rodrigo Duterte took office pledging to wipe out criminals, the country’s top police official said.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte declared a unilateral cease-fire with communist rebels Monday in an effort to reignite peace talks and end a decades-old insurgency that has claimed tens of thousands of lives.

The Philippines’ Supreme Court threw out plunder charges against former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and ordered her freed after years of pretrial detention—during which she won two congressional elections.